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Lesson
Public sector reforms in Tuvalu require persistent dialogue and longer-term in-country technical assistance (TA) support.

Project Number: 50377-001
Project Name: Improved Fiscal and Infrastructure Management Program
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Lesson
Additional lesson could be that strong stakeholder participation and national ownership are also important from the project design stage to completion to promote TA sustainability. This TA was able to secure strong engagement from national government partners, and it appears that the participating DMCs are on their way to sustaining and scaling up the TA results.

Project Number: 49342-001
Project Name: Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data Collection and Management of National Surveys in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesson
The lesson should reflect the level and type of stakeholder participation in terms of influence on the TA project and how they could be leveraged for TA sustainability. It is not a sufficient lesson to say that the participation was “good.” The TA team rightly reflected on the lesson of how the program would have benefited if there were targeted intervention for the private sector. Perhaps it was not sufficient enough to offer a 1-day open session for the contractors and consultants.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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To derive lessons on how the key stakeholders see their participation and future roles, a post-TA completion survey could be highly useful.

Project Number: 45376-001
Project Name: Capacity Building for Portfolio Management
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There may have been some lessons for ranges of stakeholders to be consulted for PPP policy recommendations.

Project Number: 48377-001
Project Name: Financing Public-Private Partnerships
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Agree. It would be useful if the TCR could identify and discuss the inconsistency in scope of study between actual TA_x005F_x0002_produced reports and the planned reports as detailed in the TA report's methodology and key activities. The same applies to the no submission of the policy brief, no conduct of the international study tour, and the final dissemination event. It should be clarified whether these changes were decided in consultation with executing agency, implementing agency, and other stakeholders.

Project Number: 48460-001
Project Name: Promoting the Decisive Role of Market in Resource Allocation
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Agreed. A useful lesson is the importance of partnerships with the client to ensure buy-in and follow through, and to tailor to additional capacity building demands from the DMCs

Project Number: 47146-001
Project Name: Macroeconomic Modelling for Improved Economic Assessment
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Lesson
Risk assessment in the area of capacity-building development needs to be done at appraisal to come up with adequate mitigation plan to ensure that targeted participants are reached.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Lesson
Another element is the importance of establishing the influence of user involvement on the efficiency of the procurement process in the public sector to determine the effect of top management support on stakeholder participation early in the project cycle.

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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Lesson
The TA reflected the importance of sustaining the policy dialogue with key government officials and agency heads all along the TA cycle that helped build ownership and continuity in relevance and maintain its importance until completion. This was reflected in the TA outcome—the formulation of an operational guideline on engaging the private sector achieved in 2019

Project Number: 48006-001
Project Name: Improving Efficiency in Public Service Procurement, Delivery, and Financing
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The TCR found that close interaction between DMC stakeholders and climate finance providers was essential to create buy-in from all parties. The TCR did not provide evidence or data to support the level of adoption or commitment to TA efforts, or other evidence of continuing action and sustainability after TA completion.

Project Number: 47286-001
Project Name: Enhancing Readiness of ADB Developing Member Countries for Scaled Up Climate Finance
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Lesson
To ensure effective continuity in an executing agency, backup staffing and/or arrangements should be planned in case of key staff changes.

Project Number: 51021-001
Project Name: Reforming the System of Personal Income Tax and Social Security Contributions
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Lesson
Based on the additional explanation on the political sensitivity surrounding policy debates on urban–rural migration or hukou system, this TA’s experience on how ADB can support in these issues deserves good attention and follow-up.

Project Number: 49279-001
Project Name: Creating Enabling Environment fopr Gradual Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Settlements Development in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture
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Lesson
It is advisable to secure and document the commitment of the government on adopting and/or incorporating the lessons and recommendations from the TA in similar initiatives or interventions in the future, including the participation of relevant stakeholders for enhanced sustainability.

Project Number: 48139-001
Project Name: Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
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Lesson
Stakeholder participation and consultation are both crucial for the relevance of project design.

Project Number: 48460-001
Project Name: Promoting the Decisive Role of Market in Resource Allocation
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